Tunisia

Tunisia's President Kais Saied yesterday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the first diplomat to assume the post since Tunis cut diplomatic ties with Damascus 11 years ago following...

Eight prominent Arab national figures have called for the release of the President of the Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, the Secretary-General of the Republican Party, Issam Chebbi, and other...

Tunisian Ennahda Movement announced yesterday that it has appointed its Vice President, Dr. Mundhir Al-Wanisi, to manage its affairs until its leader, Rached Ghannouchi, is released from detention. The...

A hearing scheduled with the former Secretary-General of Tunisia's Tayyar Party, Ghazi Chaouachi, was postponed yesterday as the investigating judge was on sick leave, Anadolu news agency reported. "The...

Lawyers and politicians in Tunisia confirmed that the mistakes committed by President Kais Saied will speed up his downfall, noting that the resistance to the coup will be in...

The leader of Tunisia's Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, yesterday boycotted his interrogation sessions, said Mukhtar Al-Jama'i, a member of Ghannouchi's defence team. Al-Jama'i said that summoning Ghannouchi had become...

The leader of the Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, is preparing to start a hunger strike in protest against the "ill-treatment" he has been subjected to since his detention. Sources...

The Tunisian authorities have transferred the president of Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, from prison to El-Aouina National Guard Barracks to appear before the Anti-Terrorism Unit for investigation in a...

At least 20 irregular migrants are missing and one is dead after their boat sank in the Mediterranean, Anadolu news agency reported. The seven-metre-long boat capsized in the Italian...

Germany's Foreign Minister has warned against Tunisia's backtrack on democracy, as president Kais Saied continues to suppress the country's opposition and solidify his power following his coup two years...

Approval ratings of Saudi Arabia's leadership was found to be higher than Iran's across all 13 Muslim-majority countries surveyed by in a poll conducted by US analytics firm, Gallup....

Former President of Algeria's Movement of Society for Peace, Abderrazak Makri, has warned that the arrest of Ennahda Movement leader Rached Ghannouchi could pose a threat to Algeria's stability...

International activists, scholars, writers and thinkers took part in a Twitter storm launched yesterday evening in solidarity with the head of Tunisia's Ennahda Movement, Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi. Using the...

The head of the Ennahda movement was detained on Monday after security forces raided his home, a court session was held overnight to charge him

The US State Department yesterday condemned Tunisia's arrest of former Speaker of Parliament Rached Ghannouchi, the closure of his party's headquarters and the banning of meetings held by opposition groups. In...

Asylum seekers, in various parts of the world, have always been subjected to smear campaigns, hatred and accusations, the source of which is often the economic deterioration represented by...

Tunisian security forces yesterday closed the headquarters of the Ennahda Movement a day after they arrested party leader, Rached Ghannouchi. Riadh Chaibi, a leader of the party, said: "A...

The British Foreign Office yesterday criticised the arrest of Tunisia's Ennahda party leader, Rached Ghannouchi, saying it "undermines the space for political pluralism in the country", Anadolu news agency...

Soumaya, the daughter of the head of the Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, has said the arrest of her father from his home on Monday reveals the "immorality of the...

Maher Medhioub, the Media Advisor to the leader of the Tunisian Ennahda Movement, revealed the transfer of Rached Ghannouchi to the hospital. He confirmed to Al-Quds Al-Arabi the deterioration...

The European Union said today that it is waiting for the issuance of official information about the reasons for the arrest of the head of the Ennahda Movement, Rashid...

Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, has arrived in Tunisia for a three-day visit, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said, Anadolu News Agency reports. The Ministry said in a Monday statement...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement announced that its leader, Rached Ghannouchi, is being questioned at the National Guard barracks in El-Aouina, in the capital, without the participation of his defence team...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki sparked a debate in Tunisia after he attacked Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune and called on him not to interfere in his country's affairs. Tebboune...

Tunisian authorities have yet to comment on arrest of Rached Ghannouchi

The One Nation Campaign has categorically rejected the recent normalisation efforts initiated by several Arab countries with the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, affirming the Syrian people's right...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva expressed her hope of overcoming the disagreement with the Tunisian authorities regarding the reform programme, considering that the matter is now...

The Tunisian Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that the visit of the Syrian foreign minister to Tunisia comes within the framework of restoring bilateral relations to their ordinary course. Faisal...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and foreign ministers of Arab states have concluded that a political solution is the only way to end the conflict and crisis in Syria,...

Amendments made by the Tunisian Parliament to its internal regulations has sparked a heated debate, especially regarding the cancellation of the proxy withdrawal and the non-disclosure of gains for...

Dozens of Tunisians demonstrated in Kairouan province (central Tunisia) to express their outrage following the death of former footballer Nizar Issaoui, who set himself on fire in response to...

The Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) in Tunisia expressed its rejection of the government's "authoritarian behaviour" in an official statement on Friday. HAICA is an independent constitutional...